People Are Getting Scammed into Buying Seeds of Non-Existent Cat-Face Flowers Generated by AI
Scammers are always finding new ways of taking advantage of gullible people, and apparently selling seeds of fake flowers generated by artificial intelligence is one of their latest techniques. Artificial intelligence is touted as the next big thing in technological evolution, but right now it also seems to be a perfect tool for scammers looking […]
Corporation Employee Transfers $25 Million to Scammers After Deepfake Video Call with Fake CFO
A Hong Kong finance worker at a multinational company was tricked into transferring $25 million to scammers after attending a video conference with deepfake CFO and several colleagues. Hong Kong police recently reported that it is investigating an elaborate scam that saw a group of bad actors defraud a multinational firm of $200 million Hong […]
‘Good-Looking’ Married Woman Stages Fake Weddings to Marry 3 Other Men for Money
A Chinese woman was recently charged with fraud for allegedly cheating 3 men out of nearly $100,000 by marrying them in staged ceremonies, despite being already legally married. The 35-year-old fraudster was already married and raising a daughter when she started dating other men with the specific purpose of defrauding them. It is unclear what […]
Famous South Korean Athlete Almost Tricked into Marrying Female Scammer Posing as a Man
Nam Hyun Hee, one of the best female fencers in the history of South Korea, recently found herself at the center of a scamming scandal that continues to rock the Asian country. Last Monday, 42-year-old former fencer Nam Hyun Hee introduced her fiancee to the world. It had long been rumored that the famous athlete […]
Scammer Poses as ‘God’, Asks Woman for Deposits at ‘Bank of Heaven’
A Spanish man stands accused of taking advantage of an overly-religious old woman by posing as her Lord and Savior and asking her to deposit money at His ‘Church of Heaven’. Could you say ‘no’ to God? What if He called you directly to ask for a favor? Esperanza, an elderly woman from León, in […]
Man Learns His Online Girlfriend of One Year Was His Best Friend’s Wife
A Chinese man whose best friend’s wife had introduced him to his online girlfriend of over a year recently learned that the woman he had fallen in love with had actually been his friend’s wife trying to scam him. Mr. Zhou, a middle-aged man from Xuchang, China’s Henan province, had been trying to raise money […]
Scammers Convince Man to Send Them His Savings And Set Fire to a Bank
A Russian man was recently arrested after allegedly being tricked into throwing a Molotov Cocktail in a Moscow bank by scammers who also relieved him of his life savings. A few days ago, Moscow police arrested a 48-year-old man from Ruza, a town in the Moscow region of Russia, for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail […]
Gullible Woman Scammed Into Paying $30,000 to Help ‘Astronaut’ Return to Earth
A Japanese woman was somehow fooled into paying 4.4 million yen ($30,000) to help a “Russian astronaut” she had met online return to Earth from the International Space Station. It’s not often that we feature news stories worthy of an “Idiocracy” sequel, but this is definitely one such rare occasion. To be honest, had it […]
Scammers Hire Indian Farmers to Masquerade as Professional Cricket Teams in Elaborate Betting Scam
An international network of scammers was recently dismantled after allegedly creating a fake version of India’s Professional Cricket League, with farmers posing as players, and broadcasting games live to unsuspecting betting enthusiasts. When it comes to betting scams, the one recently dismantled in Gujarat’s countryside sounds pretty hard to beat. A criminal group coordinated by […]
Female Scammer Dating Six Men at the Same Time Praised for Impeccable Time Management
An attractive woman who reportedly dated and scammed as many as six men at the same time was recently praised on social media for her time management skills. The female scammer, a 42-year-old woman surnamed Mao, recently made news headlines in China, after being arrested by the police. Apparently, between the months of July and […]
Italian Athlete Has 15-Year Online Relationship with Scammer Posing as Supermodel
Roberto Cazzaniga, a well-known Italian volleyball player, was scammed out of over $800,000 over 15 years by a scammer who posed as his online girlfriend and used photos of famous Brazilian supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio. The current captain of the Gioia Del Colle volleyball club was introduced to his online girlfriend by a mutual friend, Manuela, […]
Woman Makes Over $400,000 Buying Insurance on Flights She Predicted Would Get Delayed
A Chinese woman was recently arrested for creating a money-making scheme by purchasing flight delay insurance and then raking in the claims. Identified only as Li, the 45-year-old woman from Nanjing reportedly used 20 other identities in addition to her own to take out almost 900 flight delay insurance policies from 2015 to 2019. However, […]
Scammers Use Silicone Mask to Impersonate French Minister, Swindle $90 Million
In what has been described as one of the most daring rackets in history, one or more individuals used a silicone mask to impersonate France’s minister of defense, Jean-Yves Le Drian, and scam an estimated €80 million ($90 million) from wealthy victims. Jean-Yves Le Drian served as France’s defense minister from 2012 to 2017, and […]
Veterinary Student Pretended to Save Dozens of Horses Before Selling Them to Slaughterhouses
A young Alabama vet student was recently arrested for allegedly pulling off one of the sickest scams imaginable. She took older horses from their owners, promising that they would live out the rest of their lives in a sanctuary, but later sold them to be slaughtered. 24-year-old Fallon Blackwood used her educational background as a […]
Man Gets Embarrassing Forehead Tattoo After Refusing to Pay Tattoo Artist
A Russian man who reportedly has the habit of scamming tattoo artists by refusing to pay for their work recently got “scammer” permanently tattooed on his forehead by his latest victim. A photo of the smiling unnamed man showing off his unusual forehead tattoo was posted online last week by Russian tattoo artist Roman Bikeev, […]